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CUNY Asian American/Asian Research Institute (AAARI)

The Asian
American / Asian
Research
Institute
(AAARI) was
established on
November 19,
2001, by The
City University
of New York
(CUNY) Board of
Trustees, in a
resolution
introduced by
Chancellor
Matthew
Goldstein. The
Institute is a
university-wide
scholarly
research and
resource center
that focuses on
policies and
issues that
affect Asians
and Asian
Americans. It
covers four
areas: Asian
American
Studies; East
Asian Studies;
South Asian
Studies; and
Trade &
Technology
Studies.

The City
University of
New York, with
23 colleges
city-wide, is
rich in faculty
who have
expertise in
Asian and Asian
American
studies. As of
Fall 2007, CUNY
enrolled over
33,000+ Asian
undergraduate
students, and
nearly 3,500
graduate
students who
will soon emerge
as a vital
segment of New
York City’s
workforce and
leadership.
Asians
represents over
3,600 faculty
and staff.

The Asian
American/Asian
Research
Institute seeks
to achieve the
following:

to be an
Asian
intellectual
and cultural
center that
addresses
the needs
of New
York’s
diverse
ethnic
subgroups of
Asian origin

to be a
respected
authority
regionally,
nationally,
and
internationally,
on issues
concerning
Asia, and
the Asian
American
community

to stimulate
the study of
Asian
people,
languages,
cultures,
and
countries as
well as
Asian
immigrants
and their
descendants
who live in
the U.S.

to bring
together a
community of
scholars and
channel
their
scholarship
and research
energies on
Asia and the
Asian
American
experience

to identify
timely
issues that
affect the
Asian and
Asian
American
communities

to conduct
scholarly,
unbiased
studies
impacting policy and
community
concerns

to
disseminate
its research
results and
educate the
public
about Asian
and Asian
American
issues